Abstract
Some further observations concerning the grammatical structure of the dedication formula ir.n.f m mnw.f. Morphological evidence is presented in support of the identification of the verb as a nominal, or substantival, verbal form. The origin of the formula itself is traced to early king-lists where the logic of its syntactical structure conforms to what might properly be called an ‘onomastic pattern’.
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